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Wounded Bear

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24. Well, votes do matter...

Reply to JonLP24 (Reply #12)

Mon Mar 9, 2015, 06:01 PM

Mar 2015

assuming the Diebold crew haven't completely hacked the process. The big donors just provide advertising money. The problem is that informed voters stay home while misinformed voters get their idiots elected. The current congressional 'majorities' were elected by about 17% of the actual voting population. That's why turnout is so critical.

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That damn 29% pops up everywhere. arcane1 Mar 2015 #1

In one form or another since the Nation was founded. gordianot Mar 2015 #29

Where did they ask this question? Kelvin Mace Mar 2015 #2

Klan meeting. Scuba Mar 2015 #10

I'm going to guess people who were home during the day to answer their landlines. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #30

Nonsense.Quinnipiac has been polling too long to restrict the demographics that way. virgogal Mar 2015 #34

29% also approved of the job Shrub did as POTUS. muntrv Mar 2015 #3

Funny how those numbers keep coming back to us... Wounded Bear Mar 2015 #5

The voting public certainly has a voice JonLP24 Mar 2015 #12

Well, votes do matter... Wounded Bear Mar 2015 #24

It affects much more than advertising money JonLP24 Mar 2015 #45

About 30-35% of the population in this country hifiguy Mar 2015 #42

lol. Perfect headline from The Onion dissentient Mar 2015 #4

Who is doing the trusting? TheCowsCameHome Mar 2015 #6

Trusted=popular./NT DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #7

That's also the % Republicans in US MBS Mar 2015 #8

Are you shitting me? JonLP24 Mar 2015 #9

I watch CNN one night every other year yeoman6987 Mar 2015 #16

The last time I watched any of was last summer JonLP24 Mar 2015 #28

Most of the population edhopper Mar 2015 #11

1) 29% +- are stood by Bush after Dawson Leery Mar 2015 #13

And people wonder why we cant have nice things. Initech Mar 2015 #14

They can continue watching their propaganda network Hutzpa Mar 2015 #15

The breakdown is telling. ohnoyoudidnt Mar 2015 #17

Who are these 3% of Democrats who watch Fucked News? Turn in your Dem cards and exit the tent, now. Erose999 Mar 2015 #20

"with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.7 percentage points." ohnoyoudidnt Mar 2015 #22

That still leaves .03%. Names, lets go! Erose999 Mar 2015 #23

That's the base of the GOPee. City Lights Mar 2015 #18

Somewhere moondust Mar 2015 #19

Trusted for promoting right wing bullshit? Yavin4 Mar 2015 #21

I don't even see how they can believe JonLP24 Mar 2015 #36

Dumb people trust dumb media. JaneyVee Mar 2015 #25

PBS for me oldandhappy Mar 2015 #26

They're the Jamaal510 Mar 2015 #27

So, 71% of people trust someone other than Faux News. stopbush Mar 2015 #31

What In Theee F***! What Poll Was This iloveObama12 Mar 2015 #32

I always find it helpful to go to the Sample and Methodology detail to see what's Spazito Mar 2015 #33

The reality is that the marching right know the party line. CincyDem Mar 2015 #35

American Sniper a box-office hit. 3 decades of Moonie News propaganda WORKS. blm Mar 2015 #37

Ask the 1939 German rank and file how they felt about their fearless leader Sheepshank Mar 2015 #38

We are observing a law of normal distribution. immoderate Mar 2015 #39

29%. That's roughly the same percentage of Americans that approved of Bush during the final Downtown Hound Mar 2015 #40

what this means is that the same buffoons who've always liked and followed fox samsingh Mar 2015 #41

i trust some part of MSNBC and comedy central samsingh Mar 2015 #43

was jon stewart in the survery? samsingh Mar 2015 #44